The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-09
THE PLAQUES OF INDIA.
some or The TORRENTS or ex-
lSTeNCE IN THE ORIENT.

Guarding Against the Dangerous Innu-
Plague Of >eryants-The Bearer aud
the Aysh-Musquitoes.
None but those who have become
parched and crisped by the desiccatine
sun of India-who have travelled reeking
on the cracked and spliniered earth, be.
meath The great sky fixed ocean ~ molten
silver-can appreciate thoroughly the free,
broad hracing freshness Of Californian
breeze The surface Of everything un-
sheltered is polished by the sun s rays I'M
TIL the eye becomes bieared with merely
doing it- duty The sleek backs and
wing of the thousand crows which twit
Oh the path shine like new rupees the
green leaves hang mOtiOnle,. and -llsten
o. the W8yelet- in the sea Even the ma
tivc>. brought forth by parents who have
never known another land have huge
tur0ans over and round their heads. and
more particularly on that portion Of the
neck Immediately below The organ Of
Representatives,. lest the sun should
smltc them 10 his wrath
Toguard against the dangerous influence
OF the sun man has sought ont many in
yent.On- Carriages have double roofs
hats are built of pth and are ventilated by
a cunning cupola ir miniature ingeni0usly
implanted in the crown. parasOl. are 81
eantir wooden mushrooms and rarmeuf.
are of any substance that can po--iblv Dee
obtained which i'm D4ioht and fiber doe.
noi exceed yo-.amer The walls NJ the
bou-,. are about three feet thick. veran-
daed and .erraced round The rooms are
halls worthy Of containing the common
council 0f amy small American mining
town They are matted and not carpeted,
unless 100 some house~ where appearances
are more studied than comfort Ehe glass
Windows have each outer ones < wood
Venitian ONES -O prevalent
in Californian houses. These are closely
shut fourteen hours OF the tweuty-four
Huge square OF matted straw are placed
before such oyeuuI- as cannot b, closed,
and 10 is thc du.y 0f "a servant Is. sprinkle
thel with the cOOi, b. water obtainabie ten
times am hour
The motive is obvious. The hot wind
pa ug through the damp cusca f. cooled
almost f0 % welcome point. and from
scour.e transferred by a simple device into
q rcfrcshmeut We live in the breath Of
the puuka for all day and night q ser
want stand, by 20 fan us. If be hait- for
one second glow Of feverI,h heat steals
oy,f DIS and the punka wallan submits
m.fr.y t0 fhc castigaftou he deserve. and
mo- inevitably GET, These poor wretche-.
po~-..--ed il may Boz. Of more intellect than
brute. m undoubtedly Of less instinct
and -a4acfy ply their mouot0n0u- occu
patun- nhc pieces obi ID fitting machinery
The, are certain to fall asleep unless re-
high pressure by the constant APP
plicaii0n of hor-eWhip
rhc second plague in life n India. fully
a. mou-tfns- a~ the first i---eryant-
Takra professional man whose income is
300 rupees 0r $3.50 q month He does
NOT DESIRE 100 all probability. 90 dome-ti-
cate himself 300 the cherries circle of "a
boarding house community, where his ah-
solUc cost t0 the amable laudlady viii
Doe about DO rupees per month. on which
Doe - called every four weeks 20 pay 500
per cent He therefore takes a house and
becomes. bee blndly imagines. "hi, own
rf4-far